Ok so being the local yokel here Ive gotta ask - what size are they to be? Any other special requirements? Having never made one I decided to generously don the cloak of the village idiot around here and ask these pressing questions

_________________"My will is mine.....I shall not make it soft for you" Aeschylus, Agamemnon

I've just finished making some for myself, and the 8x8 is a really nice size, works well under a casserole and would be great for wrapping around a handle.

Jill

Could you wrap it around the handle of the rolling pin (or another heavy object) for use when hitting husbands around the head?? I dont want to damage my rolling pin, I mean I use that for cooking and all....................

_________________"My will is mine.....I shall not make it soft for you" Aeschylus, Agamemnon

Ahhh nope I tell the whole truth and nothing but the truth, I dont a hot pad, oven mit, whatever you want to call them, not a one! Hot lids and stuff I usually just handle quick and fast LOL and taking pans out of the oven I use a couple of folded tea towels. My hands can handle pretty hot stuff so I can lift hot cookies straight off the trays and once I take a cake out of the oven (using tea towels) I give it a minute or two then give it a shake to loosen it and then tip the hot cake onto my hand before flipping it onto a plate or rack to cool.

_________________"My will is mine.....I shall not make it soft for you" Aeschylus, Agamemnon

Gimpy, you must have asbestos hands! I always use a pot holder, having burnt myself too many times. I sometimes bake in a cast iron skillet, and those things stay HOT for a long time. After 30 minutes out of the over they are still hot for me to pick up without a pot holder.

TxMQ, yes at least this northerner calls a pot holder one with a loop, and hot pad (or trivet) with no loop.

And at this point, I'm just getting loopy thinking about loop/no loop and hot pans/burnt fingers!

I used to be like Gimpy with a real high tolerance for heat. I owned a ceramic shop and would pull things out of the kiln while kinda hot. Really desensitized my fingertips. But since I don't do that anymore I am not quite as immune.